Nursing home price and quality responses to publicly reported quality information

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 1, 2012, Pages 86-105

  Clement, Jan P ^a   Bazzoli, Gloria J ^a   Zhao, Mei ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing homes; prices; Quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; REVIEW;

FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84855841548     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01306.x     Document Type: Review

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